Häftad, Engelska, 2002

Coolitude

An Anthology of the Indian Labour Diaspora

Av Marina Carter, Khal Torabully

Del i serien Anthem Southeast Asian Studies

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Beskrivning

Coolitude is both an intellectual interpretation of and a poetic and artistic immersion into the world of the vanished coolie. This collection of previously unpublished texts, poems and sketches captures the essence of the Indian plantation experience and deconstructs traditional depictions of the status of the coolie in the British Empire.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2002-07-01
Mått: 155 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt: 454 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Serie: Anthem Southeast Asian Studies
Antal sidor: 248
Förlag: Anthem Press
ISBN: 9781843310068

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Sociologi

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Marina Carter has worked and studied for many years in Mauritius, where she founded a pioneering NGO called the Centre for Research on Indian Ocean Societies (CRIOS). She was recently appointed as Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh.Khal Torabully completed his PhD in Lyon in 1976. His interest in mosaic identity brought forward an innovative book, 'Cale d'étoiles-coolitude', the founding text of the coolie migration viewed from the sea voyage, as space of identity construction/deconstruction in the post-modernist sense.

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